What’s Your Line?

Here’s piece from NPR on the Bulwer-Lytton Ficton Contest, “Honoring the Very Best of the Worst in Fiction”. This contest honors Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, who famously began his novel Paul Clifford with the iconic “It was a dark and stormy night”. Contestants compete to pen the silliest opening lines to their non-existent stories; here’s a list of winners from years past.

Got an opening line for your story?

July 1, 2007 | Filed Under Literature

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